As of right now, there are 93 days left til I move to Durban, South Africa. Yes, that’s crazy. The time is going faster and faster. Each day makes a distinct difference!

This past weekend was actually the 100 day mark. It was a fun and celebratory time! Kassie and I kept passing each other at church and yelling “100 days!!” Including sharing the time line with everyone else we passed!

On Saturday I had pictures taken in order to use for my website, letters, postcards etc. Kelly Mayberry was the fabulous photographer! She is a creative genius and I love her work. She mostly concentrates on artwork and fine art photography but also does portraits. It was a no-brainer to ask Kelly to take my pictures.

I also asked a friend, Katie, to come along in order to help out and provide laughs for natural pictures! Let me tell you, she definitely provided the laughs. Katie was such a huge help to me and to Kelly M. with her naturally creative eye. Hair in the face from the wind? Katie fixed it. Poses? Katie’s provided ideas. Entertainment? Katie debuted new hilarious dance moves. To recap: she was a tremendous blessing.

I’m not going to share all of the pictures here because I have yet to decide exactly where I want to use my favorites. (And there are over 100 pics!) But below are some of the fun ones. Kelly took me to a nearby park called Shelby Farms and knew exactly where to shoot the photos.

These are some of the first location – a simple rock wall. Kelly asked me to stand against the wall and I had no clue what I was doing. It was pretty funny – both Kelly and Katie were laughing at me. Kelly was asking me questions and I couldn’t smile and answer at the same time! The expert she is, she did manage to catch some realllly good ones at this location. These are some of extra ones…

Then we moved to one of the fields with a huge tree right at the beginning. As we were walking over to check out the spot, I stepped on some thorns. These were huge massive ones! The one that stuck me was about 3 inches long and in a bunch of about 3 or 4 other thorns. Not fun! I had to literally jerk it out of my foot. The puncture wound is still healing!
Here are a few of the photos from that location (ones that I don’t have enough room in other projects)….

Do you see how the wind was blowing? And a fun picture in the middle of Katie!

Then a few photos on a park bench…actually there is only one photo without future plans:

It was a fun morning! I was extremely happy with all the pictures. Can’t wait to show you my favorite ones!